Obituaries of Davidson County, Tennessee

MARGARET ELIZABETH ABBEY
DIED, In Davidson county, on the 25th Feb. Margaret Elizabeth infant daughter of Richard Abbey.
National Banner and Nashville Whig (4 Mar. 1835) – transcribed by Marla Zwakman

WILLIAM R. ALLEN
The following article from the Nashville Union announces the sad fact to us that Wm. R. Allen was slain at the battle of Monterey. - Every word of this short tribute to his merits, virtures and talents is true. We knew him intimately. We boarded together during the late session of the legislature, and his worth is above all praise, and for attainments, and intellect, he was unsurpassed by any man of his age in the State. We received a letter from him but a short time before he fell in battle, in which he said if there were any more fighting he intended to participate in it. Sure enough he did; and though he fell, he died like a soldier and a patriot, and fell covered with glory. For one, so long as we live, we shall cherish his memory; and never cease to regret that he was thus cut off in the bloom of youth and the morning of mankind. We sincerely sympathise with his parents and relatives. - Hickory Herald.
The Weekly Nashville Union, (Nashville, TN) Wednesday, November 25, 1846; Issue 70; col A – transcribed by Amanda Jowers

Dr. JOHN ALLOWAY
Died - On the 13th inst.: at the residence of Mr. James Ridley, Dr. John Alloway.
The Weekly Nashville Union, (Nashville, TN) Wednesday, September 16, 1846; Issue 15; col F – transcribed by Amanda Jowers

Mr. WILLIAM B. AMENT
DIED, On the 29th July, at the Cumberland Rolling Mill, Stewart county, Ten., Mr. William B. Ament, aged 36 years, formerly of Nashville.
National Banner and Nashville Whig (5 Aug. 1836) – transcribed by Marla Zwakman

ELIPHALET FLEMMING BALL
Died, in this city on the morning of the 8th instant after an illness of but two days, of Congestive Fever, Mr. Eliphalet Flemming Ball, aged 38 years 10 months.
Mr. Ball was born in the neighborhood of the city of New York in 1808; for the past few years he has been in the Western country, and lately has been attached to the Stream Flouring Mill and Distillery of R. F. L. Dommedieu & Co., of this city as Engineer. He has left a wife and two children to mourn his loss. His sudden death has caused a void in the hearts of his employers and fellow mechanics which time alone can efface. He was indeed "One of Nature's Noblemen."
The Weekly Nashville Union, (Nashville, TN) Wednesday, September 16, 1846; Issue 15; col G – transcribed by Amanda Jowers

SUSAN BARROW
Died - Suddenly, on the 6th instant, at the residence of her brother, Matthew, Miss Susan Barrow, in the 50th year of her age.
The Weekly Nashville Union, (Nashville, TN) Wednesday, October 14, 1846; Issue 19; col G - transcribed by, Amanda Jowers

R. H. BARRY
Death of a Prominent Odd Fellow. Nashville, Nov. 9.—The Odd Fellows are making extensive preparations for the obsequities of R. H. Barry, late Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Tennessee, and former Representative to the Grand Lodge of United States, who died in Nashville yesterday.
New Albany Ledger Standard (IN) 9 Nov 1872 p1 c3 – Submitters Name: spc

JAMES H. BOWMAN
Died, at his residence in Davidson co.. Tenn.. on the 8th of December last. Rev. JAMES H. BOWMAN, in the 78th year of his age. and for nearly 50 years a Minister in the Presbyterian church.
(7 April 1842 - "Watchman of the South" - Submitted by B. Ziegenmeyer)

JAMES K. POLK BROWN
Died - On the 22d inst. JAMES K. POLK, youngest son of Aris and Emily Brown, aged eighteen months and twenty-six days.
The Weekly Nashville Union, (Nashville, TN) Wednesday, June 03, 1846; Issue 52; col G – transcribed by Amanda Jowers

Gen. George P. Buell
BUELL - Nashville, Tenn., June 1, - Gen. George P. Buell, who died here yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock was a cousin of Gen. Don Carlos Buell. He was at the time of his death Colonel of the 15th U. S. Infantry, now stationed at Fort Stanton, N. M., and has been here on sick furlough since last January. He leaves a wife, who is the daughter of the late Judge Jno. M. Breen, of this city, and one child.
[The Bismarck Tribune, June 1, 1883, transcribed by, Amanda Jowers]

Rev. S. G. & Susan S. Burney
NASHVILLE, March 1. – After fifty-two years of married life Rev. S. G. Burney and his wife, Mrs. Susan S. Burney, have died just twenty-four hours apart and will tomorrow be buried in the same grave.
Mrs. Burney died of pneumonia at five o’clock yesterday at Lebanon and today at the same hour her husband passed away with the same disease.
Yesterday, when Dr. Burney was informed of his wife’s death, he received the news calmly, and said he did not see any special need for his living now, that they had not been parted, and could see no reason why they should be separated in death.
Rev. Dr. Burney has lived at Lebanon fifteen years, where he was professor of systemic theology in Cumberland university. He was one of the most prominent men in the Cumberland Presbyterian church both as author and teacher. His most popular works were: “Soteriology,” “Atonement and Law Revised,” “Studies in Psychology,” and “Studies in Moral Science.” As a theological and philosophical writer, he had a national reputation. One of his books, in which he advanced the new theory of a sacrificial atonement in contradiction to the accepted doctrine of the substitutionary atonement of Christ, has created more discussion than any religious book published for years. He was seventy-nine years of age. His wife, who was a native of Kentucky, was seventy.
Daily Journal and Journal and Tribune (2 Mar. 1893) – transcribed by Marla Zwakman

MARGARET A. CABLER
Died - In this city, on Friday the 18th instant, Miss Margaret A. Cabler, daughter of Benj. G. Cabler, aged 17 years and 3 months.
The Weekly Nashville Union, (Nashville, TN) Wednesday, May 13, 1846; Issue 49; col G – transcribed by Amanda Jowers

Gen. WILLIAM CARROLL
Tennessee General Assembly - Honor to Gen. Wm. Carroll. - Preamble and Resolutions adopted in the House of Representatives. - Whereas, Since the adjournment of the last session of the General Assembly of Tennessee, one of our great men, Gen. William Carroll, has departed this life. He was born near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, upon the 3rd day of March, 1788, and died at his residence in the city of Nashville upon the 22d day of March, 1844. It well becomes a free people to appreciate the virtues, to express their gratitude for the services, and mourn the loss of their illustrious dead. Few men who have resided among us have died more worthy of this tribute. The name of William Carroll is deeply impressed upon the hearts of his countrymen, and it will go down to posterity favourably associated with that of our Greene, Sumpter, Morgan, Brown, Jones, Decatur, Washington and Jackson, a man who had devoted himself in war and in peace efficiently to the service of his country.
Gov. Carroll when a youth, emigrated to his adopted State, Tennessee, and upon the first approach of danger to his country, as exhibited in the war of 1812, his genius and patriotism alone brought him forth. From the ranks he arose to the command of our armies. From an obscure and unknown boy he became a brilliant star. By his military prowess he has placed himself upon an eminence that has made him the theme of honor's tongue. Upon our various battle fields he has stamped his name upon the enduring page of his country's history, and embalmed his memory in the hearts of his countrymen.
For the period of twelve years Gen. Carroll was, by the voice of his countrymen, biennially called to fill the first office of our State; our journals and statute books bear the impress of his genius and patriotism. His various administrations show him not less qualified as a statesman to advance the interest of the great body of the people, than as the victorious General, leading our armies to battle, and causing victory to perch upon our eagles. It is fit that the country should feel and mourn the loss of such a man - therefore
Resolved, That this General Assembly deeply feel and lament the loss that the State and the family of the deceased, have sustained in the death of the soldier, patriot and statesman, Gov. Wm. Carroll, and we hereby tender our condolence to his surviving widow and children in this their great bereavement.
Resolved, That as a further tribute of respect for the memory of Gov. Carroll, we will wear the usual badge of mourning for the space of thirty days, cause a copy of these resolutions to be delivered to Mrs. Carroll, and adjourn till tomorrow morning.
The Weekly Nashville Union, (Nashville, TN) Wednesday, November 19, 1845; Issue 24; col D – transcribed by Amanda Jowers

CHAPPELL Children
Died - On the 4th inst. in the eigth year of her age, ADELAIDE JANE, and on the 10th, WILLIAM, in his ninth year, and ROBERT ALEXANDER, aged two years and two months; all children of John and Mary Chappell of this city.
Seldom have the visitings of affliction been repeated with such painful recurrence, as in the instance before us. The parents were first called upon to mourn a lovely daughter, whose short existence had become rich in promise and full of hope, and whose affectionate nature had entwined itself too closely perhaps around their hearts. While their tears were still flowing and their bosoms are still bleeding with this severe bereavement, they were made to feel a double blow on the same day in the deaths of their youngest and oldest sons. Who does not sympathise with the afflicted family, subjected to these accumulated sorrows; with the father suddenly deprived of his children; with the mother now weeping beside their early graves and, like Racheal, refusing to be comforted because they are not? But to hearts this overbarthened it were vain to offer consolation. Time is the only remedy that can minister to their relief, and teach them patient resignation to the dealings of Him who will make all things work together for the good of him that love him.
The Weekly Nashville Union, (Nashville, TN) Wednesday, August 19, 1846; Issue 11; col F – transcribed by Amanda Jowers

JOHN CHILDRESS, Esq.
Died- At Nashville, Tenn on the 10th Sept. inst. Mr. John Childress, Esq. Marshal of the District of West Tennessee.
St. Louis Enquirer, (St. Louis, MO)Wed Sept 29, 1819 - Submitted by Candi

ADA M. COLLINS
The remains of Mrs. Ada M. Collins, who died Saturday morning at her home in Nashville, were brought to this place Monday morning and buried at the family graveyard a few miles from White Bluff. She was the widow of Nelson Collins and is survived by one daughter, Miss Helen Collins, of Nashville, and the following sisters: Mrs. Ellenora Heath, of this place; Mrs. Lula O'Donnell, of Clarksville, Mrs. A. E. Blake and Mrs. Belle Hendricks of Nashville. Mrs. Collins had many friends in this county.
Dickson County Herald, January 14, 1910

WILLIAM COMITON Sen'r
Died - After a long and severe illness, on Tuesday the 30th of September, at his residence, six miles south of Nashville, WILLIAM COMITON, Sen'r, in the 77th year of his age.
The Weekly Nashville Union, (Nashville, TN) Wednesday, October 08, 1845; Issue 18; col F – transcribed by Amanda Jowers

ELDRIDGE CORBITT
Died - In this city, after a very short illness, Mr. Eldridge Corbitt, in the 20th year of his age, leaving a young wife, father and mother, and a large circle of relatives and friends to deplore his sudden death.
The Weekly Nashville Union, (Nashville, TN) Wednesday, July 15, 1846; Issue 6; col G – transcribed by Amanda Jowers

JAMES WILSON CROCKETT
Died - On Thursday, JAMES WILSON, infant son of W. B. and Martha J. Crockett, of this county.
The Weekly Nashville Union, (Nashville, TN) Wednesday, June 17, 1846; Issue 2; col F – transcribed by Amanda Jowers

HENRY DICKINSON
Died - On the 14th inst., at the residence of E. Foster, Esq., Henry Dickinson, in the 33d year of his age.
The Weekly Nashville Union, (Nashville, TN) Wednesday, September 17, 1845; Issue 15; col F – transcribed by Amanda Jowers

JOHN R. DABBS
Died at his residence in Davidson county on the 6th inst. John R. Dabbs.
The Weekly Nashville Union, (Nashville, TN) Wednesday, November 11, 1846; Issue 23; col F – transcribed by Amanda Jowers

Lieut. E. EASTMAN
It is with feelings of the deepest sorrow that we announce the death of this brave and gallant soldier. He died on the 25th October at Camarga, where he had been detained to take care of the sick belonging to the 1st regiment of Tennessee Volunteers. Lieut. E., by his assidious attention to the afflicted and suffering soldiers - his unceasing efforts to sooth their spirits and relieve their distresses, and his uniform kindness and goodness of heart had won the universal respect and esteem of all his acquaintances. Perhaps no man, either officer or private, in the army, possessed a stronger hold on the affections and warm and sympathetic feelings of his immediate acquaintances and companions in arms than he did. We have heard the parents and friends of the poor boys who fell victims to the insalubious climate of Camargo, express witht the deepest sensibility their gratitude to him for his unwearied attention to them when sick, and for his unremitting care in the adjustment of their worldly affairs after death had taken them away.
Although it was not his fortune to mingle in the deadly strife at the taking of Monterey, yet evidences of his valor were not wanting to his companions, which showed clearly that he possessed the nerve and the spirit of a true and brave soldier. We knew Lieut. Eastman in private life, and knew him to be an honorable, highminded, upright, conscientious and respected citizen. He was a printer, and worked in this office for several months previous to his departure for the seat of war.
While attempting to ward off the swift winged arrow of death that was aimed at his companions, he himself received the fatal shaft into his own bosom.
He was a worthy son of the old Granite State, but residing in our city when the bugle called our citizen soldiers to arms, he was among the first to respond to the call, and was elected 2d Lieutenant of the Nashville Blues.
The Weekly Nashville Union, (Nashville, TN) Wednesday, November 25, 1846; Issue 70; col B – transcribed by Amanda Jowers

HENRY EWING
Private letters were received here last night announcing the death of HENRY EWING, Esq., of Philiadelphia, a native, and for more than forty years a resident of this city, and for the last five years the well known and very efficient Agent, in Philadelphia, of the Merchants' Insurance and Trust Co. of Nashville. He died of pulmonary consumption, and although the sad event has been anticipated for several weeks, the certain intelligence of his decease will be deeply regretted by a large circle of old friends and neighbors who knew and respected him as one uniting in a very eminent degree the finest characteristics of a good citizen. - Republican Banner, April 10.
The Weekly Nashville Union, (Nashville, TN) Wednesday, April 15, 1846; Issue 45; col F – transcribed by Amanda Jowers

THOMAS H. FLETCHER
A deep sensation was produced in our city on Sunday evening by the annunciation of the sudden death in our midst of Thos. H. Fletcher, Esq. He had been for several days under high mental excitement in conducting the defence of W. W. Merchant, charged with murder. The trial closed and the verdict of acquittal was rendered on Saturday evening. On the next evening, at about four o'clock. Mr. Fletcher was found dead in his office. He had evidently died of apoplexy. We shall not undertake to speak of the character of the deceased. For talents, he was eminent - as a criminal lawyer, he had no superior if any rival - all who knew him respected and loved him for his amiable and social virtues as well as for his high literary attainments.
His funeral will take place today at the Presbyterian church, at 10 o'clock - service by Rev. Dr. Edgar.
The Nashville Bar had a meeting on yesterday, the proceedings of which may be found in another column.
The Weekly Nashville Union, (Nashville, TN) Wednesday, January 15, 1845; Issue 33; col A - transcribed by, Amanda Jowers

NARCISSA H. FOSTER
Died in this vicinity, on the morning of the 17th inst., in the 41st year of her age, Mrs. Narcissa H. Foster, consort of James H. Foster, Esq.
In noticing the demise of one so universally esteemed and beloved by all within the circle of her acquaintance it is a difficult task to speak of her in all the ____ a useful and well-spent life, without seeming to indulge in the too common practice of the day, that of lavishing encomiums on the dead. But may it not be truly said of this deceased lady that in her were combined all the delicate and endearing qualities that made up the female character. With a sweetness of temper and amiability of disposition unsurpassed, she secured to herself the lasting attachment of her relations and friends.
At an early age she threw aside the imaginary pleasures of this life in exchange for the blessed realities of a religious life, a better suited to one so pure and spotless. She was an exemplary Christian, and her intercourse in society breathed the spirit of piety, with which her mind was so deeply ____.
Her loss to her family is irreparable - as a wife she was devoted, as a mother, kind and indulgent, the all-wise creator has summoned her from ___, she is now ____ with the sainted in heaven ____ her ashes.
The Weekly Nashville Union, (Nashville, TN) Wednesday, December 31, 1845; Issue 30; col G – transcribed by Amanda Jowers
Note: This was a very poor copy and despite my best efforts some words were entirely unreadable.

ROBERT S. FOSTER
FOSTER, Robert S., son of James H. Foster of Nashville, shot himself while climbing a fence and died.
Nashville Banner, 16 June 1847 - Submitted by, Kristy Fox

WILLIAM H. V. FOX
FOX, WILLIAM H.V. died yesterday near Buena Vista Springs.
Nashville Republican Banner, Oct 6, 1870 - Submitted by, Kristy Fox

JOSEPH FRAME
FRAME, Joseph, was murdered 25 December 1865 by J. N. Watson.
Nashville Republican Banner, 12 Feb 1868 - transcribed by AJ

JOHN FRASCH
FRASCH, John, well-to-do shoemaker, shot himself in head with revolver; lived in Nashville a number of years; married. He was the third German shoemaker who has killed himself here in last 15 months.
Nashville Republican Banner, 18 Feb 1871 - transcribed by AJ

Col. John H. French
NASHVILLE, Dec. 16. – Col. John H. French of McMinnville, died here today at the age of seventy-five from pneumonia contracted at his farm “Jolly Island,” a farm containing 1,000 acres of land and situated in the Tennessee river, forty miles above Chattanooga. This farm Col. French inherited from his uncle, Thomas Hopkins, one of the pioneers of Tennessee. This land was involved in a law suit for fifty years, and the case is now considered one of the most interesting litigations in the history of the courts of this state. Finally Col. French won the suit and took possession. Since he has improved it and it is one of the finest stock farms in the state.
Col. French was during his life a breeder of thoroughbred horses, and at one time owned the celebrated mare, Belle Key. Col. French came to Tennessee when quite young from Virginia. Col. French leaves three children, Mrs. E. T. Noel, Miss L. Virginia French, of this city, and Mr. W. S. French, the iron manufacturer of Chattanooga. His wife, Mrs. L. Virginia French, the poet and author, died several years ago.
Daily Journal and Journal and Tribune (17 Dec. 1892) – transcribed by Marla Zwakman

Captain Sam C. Godshall
Captain Sam C. Godshall, of Nashville, died in that city on the 5th from cholera. Captain Godshall was a most estimable gentleman and his death is deeply regretted.
Memphis Daily Avalanche (10 Oct. 1866) – transcribed by Marla Zwakman

Wesley Greenfield, Esq.
one of the oldest citizens of Nashville, died in that city on the 26th instant.
Memphis Daily Avalanche (29 Mar. 1866) – transcribed by Marla Zwakman

ROWLAND W. HALL
NASHVILLE, TENN., July 20. – Rowland W. Hall, of Clarksburg, Carroll county, who fell from a window at Waggoner’s Hotel Wednesday morning, died this morning at 10:50. There were several gentleman friends present when the unfortunate man breathed his last. The remains were taken to his home, in Carroll county, from where they will be buried today. Mr. Hall was thirty-three years of age and a member of the firm of Hall, Jamison & Co., at Clarksburg. He was a delegate to the state republican convention, and was walking in his sleep.
Daily Journal and Journal and Tribune (21 July 1888) – transcribed by Marla Zwakman

George Hay
Died - On the 11th inst., in the 13th year of his age, George Hay, eldest son of Preston and Sarah Hay of this vicinity.
The Weekly Nashville Union, (Nashville, TN) Wednesday, July 15, 1846; Issue 6; col G – transcribed by Amanda Jowers

Hugh Hays
Died, on the 23d of May, 1845, at his residence in Wilson county, Tenn., HUGH HAYS, aged fifty-six years five months, of pulmonary consumption, under which disease he labored some eighteen months. He was born in Davidson county, Tenn., and moved to Wilson county in 1822, where he lived and died. When but a boy, his father, Samuel Hays, was killed by the Cherokee Indians, near the Hermitage. He took a part in the Indian and British wars, and was wounded in the battle of the 23d at New Orleans. As a father, husband, ___ter, neighbor and citizen he had but few equals. He always viewed religion as necessary, but like many others put it off until his last illness. Some five or six weeks before his death he became very much concerned about his soul's salvation; he was visited by many professors who sung and prayed for him at his request. There appeared a general concern for his salvation. On more occasions than one he gave grounds to hope he had obtained pardon. On the day of his death he requested singing, and while singing was going on he expressed a hope of his future happiness. He has left a wife, three children and a large family connection to mourn his loss.
The Weekly Nashville Union, (Nashville, TN) Wednesday, June 25, 1845; Issue 4; col G – transcribed by Amanda Jowers

George Hammock
Nashville Soldier Killed in Wreck - Nashville - A Nashvillian listed by officers as George Hammock, 28, was killed a few miles south of here Sunday when the automobile in which he was riding skidded from the road and crashed into a tree. Sgt. J. J. Jackson and Patrolman Trabue Lewis of the State Highway Patrol said another man was injured in the accident and that eyewitnesses said another man climbed from the car and walked away.
Kingsport News, October 5, 1942

James Rilley Hodge

HODGE - Tuesday evening, November 6, 1934, at his home, nine miles on Granny White Pike, James Rilley Hodge, age 56 years. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nancy Hodge; four brothers, Miss Jerry D. Hodge of Guain, Ireland, Mrs. James Ledbetter and Mrs. Fleix Moore of Old Hickory. Miss Louis Hodge, and two sons, James H. and Boyd, all of Brentwood, and two grandsons. Remains are at his home as above where funeral services will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 2 p.m. conducted by Rev. Guard Green, assisted by M. E. Ward. Interment will take place at Spring Hill cemetery. Phillips-Robinson of 2707 Gallatin road in charge. Phone 3-1700, Old Hickory Phone 10.

[Unknown Newspaper, November, 1934 - submitted by Peggy McElfish]

JOSEPH W. HORTON
It becomes our painful duty to announce the death of Joseph W. Horton - he died on the night of the 31st ult. The deep anxiety which had prevaded our community for several days in consequence of his dangerous illness, was the sure indication of the sincere regret with which this melancholy announcement would be received. In his death his family have lost their best friend - he possessed in an eminent degree every virtue which could adorn the husband and the father - amiable, mild, tender and affectionate in his disposition, he was the solace and ornament of his domestic circle. He had carried the same nob'e virtues into his social intercourse, and had won for himself the warmest esteem and affection of an extensive circle of acquaintances and friends. In the discharge of the responsible duties which devolved upon him for many years as sheriff of Davidson county and afterwards of Cashier of the Bank of Tennessee, he was necessarily brought into contact with every variety of character in our community, but in all his intercourse with society his unaffected modesty, his amiable mildness, his pure integrity, his unquestioned goodness of purpose, were so conspicuous that the number of his friends enlarged as his acquaintances increased. No man ever lived in our community who enjoyed its respect and confidence more universally - no man has died amongst us whose loss could be more universally and sincerely lamented. He was one of those bright standards of purity and integrity which are invaluable to society. When the "insatiate archer" struck this shining mark he inflicted a wound which will be felt throughout the community. The death of such a man is a heavy loss to his country a well as to his own family.
Mr. Horton died in the 00th year of his age; he had enjoyed the advantages of a liberal education, having graduated at the Nashville University, in which institution he felt the livelieswt interest down to his death. He prepared himself for the bar but never engaged in the practice of the profession. He filled in the office of sheriff of Davidson county for many years, and more recently for several years he filled the office of cashier of the Bank of Tennessee. He was the incumbent of the latter named office at the time of his death.
It was in connection with his discharge of the duties of cashier of the bank that our association with him during the present year has been most constant and intimate. His devotion to the interests of the bank was untiring - his whole mind was absorbed with the subject, and no man was better fitted for the station he filled than he was - he lacked only the physical abilitity to bear up under "the wear and tear" of body and mind necessarily incident to the office when discharged by one so laborious and so peculiarly sensitive as Mr. Horton was. - His solicitude for the interests of the institution induced him to forget himself and his own safety - when he was assailed by disease he continued to discharge his duties until it had made such progress that it baffled all the skill and exertions of medicine.
The Weekly Nashville Union, (Nashville, TN) [Wednesday], [November 04, 1846]; Issue 22; col A – transcribed by Amanda Jowers

Annie Lucile Watson Hughes
HUGHES - Annie Lucile Hughes, 96, of Rushville (Illinois) died at 2:50 p.m. Monday, Dec. 16, 1996, at Snyder's Vaughn-Haven Nursing Home.
Born Sept. 4, 1900, in Nashville, Tenn., to George W. and Susie L. Guthrie Watson, she married Horatio Howard Hughes on Dec. 26, 1922, in Nashville. He died April 14, 1974. She also was preceded in death by one son, Buford Hughes, one daughter, Elizabeth Serrot, and one brother.
Surviving are three sons, Douglas of Anderson, Calif., George of Warner Robins, Ga., and Richard of Browning; two daughters, Mrs. Dick (Sadie) Mendenhall and Mary Hughes, both of Rushville; 18 grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; 12 stepgreat-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and two stepgreat-great-grandchildren.
She was a homemaker. She attended Grandview Baptist Church in Nashville.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Wood-Roby Funeral Chapel in Rushville. The Rev. Scott Henley will officiate. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the chapel. Burial will be in Rushville City Cemetery.
[Peoria Journal Star, December 18, 1996 - submitted by Sara Hemp]

LYNCOYA JACKSON
Nashville, Tenn. June 17 -
Died at the Hermitage on the morning of the 1st instant of a pulmonary complaint, and in the 16th year of his age, Lyncoya, the orphan son of a chief of the Creek Nation.
On the 3d of November, 1813, after the battle of Talulshatche was gained, an Indian child, about ten or twelve months old was found by an American soldier in the bloodiest part of the field, sucking at the breast of its dead mother, who had been killed, unfortunately, in action. The child was brought to General Jackson, who heart was immediately interested in its preservation. As many squaws had been taken and some of them had children at the breast, he applied to these to suckle it, offering a reward to anyone who would preserve it. They all refused saying that as its father and mother had been killed the best way would be to kill it also.
At that time the army was destitute of provisions and the only sustenance that could be got for the infant captive was made of a small quantity of brown sugar and the crumbs of biscuits scraped from the chinks of a barrel. These mixed in water, composed a diet which he seemed to relish and with the General and his faithful servant Charles kept him alive until an opportunity occurred for sending him to Huntsville.
The General then committed his foundling to the care Colonel Leroy Pope of that place, who was requested to take charge of him until he could be conveyed to Mrs. Jackson. Colonel Pope humanely received the little “Indian boy;” and his amiable daughter, Maria bestowed upon him the tenderest care. She gave him the name of Lyncoya and affectionately detained him at her father’s until the close of the Creek war; when General Jackson on his return march to Tennessee took him home, delivered him to Mrs. Jackson and adopted him into his family.
In his first years he was feeble and sickly, a consequence probably of his want of a mother’s care and nourishment; a want which nothing can supply. But after a time he became healthy and grew finely. At the age of five he began to discover an inclination for solitude and a turn for mechanical employments. At this age he made a bow fashioned after the manner of the Indians, the first of the kind that had ever been seen on the General’s farm. This excited much surprise in the family as he had no intercourse whatever with Indians, except on one or two occasions when a few chiefs called to visit to take but slight notice of him. But whether from immediate instinct or from a predisposition to imitate Indian manners, he was in the habit of dressing his head with all the feathers he could pick up in the yard and amusing himself constantly with his little bow – differing in this particular from civilized children who change their amusements and toys with a sort of capricious variety.
At eight years of age the General sent him to a good day school in the neighborhood but he was very averse to learning and not even master of the alphabet in the course of a whole year. At 10, however, his intellectual faculties seemed to awaken. He became found of learning and advanced in it rapidly, giving evident signs of genius. The General then proposed having his education completed at West Point and securing him a station in the army; and had made know his wishes on the subject to President Monroe, who promised his countenance and favor.
But before Lyncoya’s education was sufficiently advanced to give him admission at West Point, Mr. Adams and Mr. Clay came into power under circumstances which prevented any application for a warrant on the part of General Jackson. He therefore proposed to Lyncoya that he should indulge in his mechanical turn and learn some profitable trade. He said he preferred being a saddler, and in 1827, his English education being sufficient, he was bound to a saddler in Nashville.
During last winter he caught cold which fixed on his lungs and reduced him to such weakness that he got leave of absence and returned, as he said, “home,” to the Hermitage. There he was treated with the greatest kindness and care. His diet was attended to – medical aid was called in and exercise in a carriage and on horseback afforded him. I have frequently seen him accompanying Mrs. Jackson in short excursions taken for his benefit and that amiable and benevolent lady, learning that Liverwort was esteemed salutary in consumptive cases, procured it and administered it to the Indian orphan.
But all was in vain; he declined with a progress daily visible and after very severe sufferings, which he bore with the uncomplaining fortitude of his race, expired under the roof of the hero who had conquered his nation, but who followed his remains to a decent grave and shed a tear as the earth closed over him forever.
Republican Compiler, Gettysburg, PA, August 20 1828

Mr. George Jones
Mr. George Jones, of Greenville, East Tennessee, and widely known throughout the State, died at home on last Saturday.
Memphis Daily Avalanche (10 Oct. 1866) – transcribed by Marla Zwakman

JAMES A. KNOX
Died - On Tuesday May 26, at the residence of his father-in-law, George Crockett, Nashville, Ten. JAMES A. KNOX late of New Orleans.
The Weekly Nashville Union, (Nashville, TN) Wednesday, June 03, 1846; Issue 52; col G – transcribed by Amanda Jowers

Merlin Littlefield
A former music industry executive who enjoyed a second successful career in state government, died of pancreatic cancer at the Alive Hospice in Nashville on September 9, 2008, he was 65. A native of Fort Worth, Merlin graduated from Texas Christian University and worked in radio promotion in Dallas. He also worked for RCA Records in Dallas and traveled with artists such as Henry Mancini and Elvis Presley. He spent 19 years in the Nashville office of ASCAP, where he signed artists including Reba McEntire, George Strait, Lyle Lovett and Gary Burr to the performance rights organization. He tirelessly worked on behalf of successful and struggling songwriters to help improve their careers and lives. He served on the boards of industry organizations, including the Country Music Association, the Academy of Country Music and the Recording Academy, as well as the board of the Nashville Zoo. After leaving ASCAP and working briefly in music publishing, he began a second career in government. In 1999, he joined the state Department of Corrections before accepting a position as director of planning and development for the state's Division of Mental Retardation Services. In his most recent position, Merlin launched the program From the Heart of Tennessee, which established a system that allows items made by Tennesseans with mental retardation to be sold at state parks and other retail locations. The program, which will remain Merlin's legacy, provides an avenue of creativity, independence and productivity for those with mental retardation. In his spare time, Merlin and his wife, Eileen Littlefield, enjoyed spending time with their five dogs, Kobo, Saki, Char-Li, Ernie and Bubbles. Merlin, who was an only child, was preceded in death by his parents, Mary Helen and Alvin Littlefield. He is survived by his wife, Eileen and his daughter, Courtney Littlefield of Atlanta. Funeral Service will be on Saturday, September 13, 2008 at 11 a.m., at Christ Church, 15354 Old Hickory Blvd., Nashville, TN with visitation on Friday from 5-8 p.m., at Woodlawn-Roesch-Patton Dignity Hall, 660 Thompson Lane, Nashville, TN and 2 hours prior to service at the church on Saturday. The family requests that donations be made to Japanese Chin Care and Rescue Effort Inc., 1114 - 12th St., #305, Santa Monica, CA 90403. WOODLAWN-ROESCH-PATTON FUNERAL HOME, (615) 383-4754.
The Tennesseean, September 11, 2008 - submitted by, Nancy Washell

Catharine Litton
Died - In this City, on Friday evening, 26th ult., aged about seventy years, Mrs. CATHARINE LITTON, consort of Joseph Litton. Mrs. Litton was a native of Ireland, but had resided in this city since July, 1818. She had been a member of the Methodist Church, Fifty years, and a more exemplary christian we have seldom known. To modesty, intelligence and retiring manners, she had added the charms of piety and deep devotion to the service of God. Hence, she was well qualified to discharge the duties of a wife and a mother. The former relation she sustained forty-eight years, studying the interest and happiness of her husband, and fully complying with the requisition of the Apostle, "that aged woman be in behavior as becometh holiness;" hence, she taught her daughters to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands. And this we regard to be the highest accomplishment to which woman can attain.
In her last hours, our sister was sustained by the Lord Jesus, whom she had faithfully served so long. She died trusting in the merits of a crucified Savior. Her funeral was attended by a vast crowd of our fellow citizens, who thus testified their esteem of the character of this departed saint. - Advocate.
The Weekly Nashville Union, (Nashville, TN) Wednesday, January 14, 1846; Issue 32; col G – transcribed by Amanda Jowers

Mrs. Roberta Dillon Lyne,
lifetime resident of Nashville, Tenn., died at her home there Saturday. Mrs. Lyne was the mother of Lewis F. Lyne, 4596 Belfort, vice president of the Mercantile National Bank Dallas. Other survivors include a sister, Mrs. Ann Dillon of Nashville; two granddaughters, Rosalie and Roberta Lyne of Dallas. Funeral services will be held in Nashville Monday.
Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas, October 4, 1953 – transcribed by Amanda Jowers

Tennie Lyon
Little Tennie Lyon also died on yesterday. She was the only daughter of Mr. J. B. Lyon, editor of the Democrat, and was aged about three years. The afflicted parents have the sympathy of the entire community.
Daily Journal and Journal and Tribune (20 June 1890) – transcribed by Marla Zwakman

MARTHA MAXWELL
Died, at the residence of her husband, in Davidson county, on the 26th ultimo, after a painful illness of several weeks, which she bore with commendable fortitude, Mrs. Martha Maxwell, consort of Mr. Jesse Maxwell.
By this untimely stroke, death has deprived her husband of a most amiable and exemplary wife, her children of a pious and indulgent mother, and society of one of its brightest ornaments. Snatched away, as she has been, in the meridian of life and usefulness, the _____ hearts of a fond but inconsolable husband and four interesting orphans will long grieve over their afflicting and irreparable loss, and an extensive acquaintance and numerous relations, into whose circles her benevolence and amiabilcy carried comfort and cheerfilness, will sadly deplore her departure. But let her bereaved family console themselves witht the reflection that their loss is her gain, and though she cannot come to them, they can go to her.
The Weekly Nashville Union, (Nashville, TN) Wednesday, April 09, 1845; Issue 45; col G - transcribed by, Amanda Jowers

W. K. McAlister, Sr.
NASHVILLE, November 30. – W. K. McAlister, sr., died here today at the age of eighty-seven years. He was a native of Jonesboro in East Tennessee, and was a leading cotton factor. He leaves two sons, Judge W. K. McAlister of the circuit court here and Mr. Hill McAlister and four daughters, Mrs. Robert Riddle, Mrs. J. F. Wheeless and Mrs. James Erwin of this city and Mrs. Donelson, of Memphis.
Daily Journal and Journal and Tribune (1 Dec. 1891) – transcribed by Marla Zwakman

GEORGE McCORMACK
DIED, At Vineyard, Washington county, Ark., Ten., on the 29th Aug. after 22 days’ sickness of bilious fever, James McCormack, late of Davidson county, Ten., aged 29 years, only son of George McCormack of the latter place.
National Banner and Nashville Whig (2 Oct. 1835) – transcribed by Marla Zwakman

Capt. JOSEPH MILLER
We announced some days since that Capt. Joseph Miller had been severely wounded by a pistol shot in the thigh, by a man named Jones. We regret that it is now our painful duty to announce his death forged. He died on Thursday, after having suffered ?????. Capt. Miller was one of the oldest steamboat Captains on the Western waters, and leaves behind a numerous circle of friends to deplore his loss. He was a bold, fearless, frank and energetic man - few men had warmer friends - his loss to his family is irreparable.
The Weekly Nashville Union, (Nashville, TN) Wednesday, January 06, 1847; col A – transcribed by Amanda Jowers

Mrs. Leah Grosberg Morse
Mrs. Leah Grosberg Morse, former Dallas resident, died Friday in Nashville, Tenn. She was the mother of Al Grosberg of Dallas. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 11 a.m. in Nashville. Other survivors include another son, C. J. Grosberg, and a daughter, Mrs. H. W. Blocker, both of Nashville; four granddaughters and one great-granddaughter.
Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas, July 12, 1953 – transcribed by Amanda Jowers

Mrs. Dr. C. R. Pepper
Sherman, Texas, Nov. 11 – Dr. and Mrs. T. S. Clyce were advised Wednesday of the death of Mrs. C. R. Pepper, 64, who was a resident of Sherman for twenty-five years during the time that her husband, the late Dr. C. R. Pepper, was professor of Latin and French at Austin College. Mrs. Pepper died at a hospital in Greenville, Tenn. where she went three years ago. Funeral services and burial will be held Friday at Rural Retreat, Va., former home of Dr. and Mrs. Pepper.
Mrs. Pepper came to Sherman with her husband in 1908. During her life at Austin College she was active as a counselor of women students, leading their Y. W. C. A. work and other activities, and serving as hostess at their dormitory following the death of her husband. Mrs. Pepper was a native of Tennessee.
Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas, November 12, 1936 – transcribed by, Amanda Jowers

ELIZA PLUMMER
In this city, on Tuesday last, 14th instant, Mrs. Eliza Plummer, wife of James r. Plummer. She died of apoplexy.
The Weekly Nashville Union, (Nashville, TN) Wednesday, January 22, 1845; Issue 34; col F - transcribed by, Amanda Jowers

Colonel A. W. Putnam
Colonel A. W. Putnam, of Nashville, died on the 20th. He was seventy-one years old.
Memphis Daily Avalanche (24 Jan. 1869) – transcribed by Marla Zwakman

JAMES PEYTON ROBERTSON
Died - On the 24th inst., James Peyton, third son of the late Dr. Peyton Robertson, of this county.
The Weekly Nashville Union, (Nashville, TN) Wednesday, July 29, 1846; Issue 8; col G – transcribed by Amanda Jowers

SARAH ROBERTSON
Died - On the evening of the 3rd instant, at her residence in this city, aged eighty-eight years, Mrs. Sarah Robertson, the venerable relic of Col. Elijah Robertson, and one of the hardy and intrepid band of pioneers who first dared to make the spot on which Nashville now stands, their home.
The deceased was a native of Virginia, which State she left in early childhood, with her family, who settled in Carter county of this State, where she married Col. Robertson in the year 1782; who in the year following brought his wife to the then distant and struggling settlement of whites at French Lick, where she has resided ever since, and has seen arise before her from the dense canebreak and forest - from the camp and cabin of the backwoodsmen and hunter - the present beautiful city of Nashville.
About the year 1796, Mrs. Robertson lost her husband and had since that event remained a widow. She was the mother of five children, all of whom she survived; and lived to see the fifth generation of her descendants.
The early dangers and difficulties of her life she met with courage and calmness; what and how trying these were cannot now be easily realized or understood. They can only be known by those who experienced them in the early settlement of this country, and few, indeed, of these can now be numbered with the living.
Mrs. Robertson was distinguished in private life for simple and unfeigned piety, as well as boundless charity. The poor and unfortunate never sought aid or protection from her in vain. The homeless found shelter under her roof at all times - she fed the hungry, and to the last divided her substance with the needy and destitute. - From childhood she had been religious, and for the last thirty years a member of the Baptist Church. She was mild and kind in all the relations of domestic and social life. At all times resigned to the will of her God, she departed this life full of hope, and no doubt has her exceeding great reward for her spotless and christian life.
The Weekly Nashville Union, (Nashville, TN) Wednesday, October 14, 1846; Issue 19; col G - transcribed by, Amanda Jowers

ANN BEDFORD SPENCE SHALL
Died - Yesterday, Mrs. Ann Bedford Spence, daughter of the late John Spence, of Nashville, Ten., and wife of Ephraim P. Shall. -- N.O. Times
The Weekly Nashville Union, (Nashville, TN) Wednesday, September 16, 1846; Issue 15; col F – transcribed by Amanda Jowers

ARTHUR THOMAS STEWART
Nashville, Tenn – Arthur Thomas Stewart, a former U. S. Senator who first stepped into the national limelight when he served as prosecutor in the famed Scopes “monkey trail,” died at his apartment Wednesday at the age of 90.
A staunch conservative, Stewart was named to the Senate in 1938 to fill a vacancy created by the death of Sen. Nathan Bachman. He won a full six-year Senate term in the next election in 1942, and served until 1948, when he was ousted by the late Sen. Estes Kefauver.
Stewart was district attorney general for Tennessee’s 18th circuit in 1925 when John Thomas Scopes, a high school science teacher, was brought to trial for teaching Darwin’s theory that man evolved from the ape, rather than being a divine creation.
Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas, October 12, 1972 – transcribed by Amanda Jowers

Mr. John F. Sturm
GREENVILLE, June 19. – Greenville has lost a good citizen. Mr. John F. Sturm, who has been for some time dangerously sick, died on yesterday. The funeral services will take place on tomorrow. Mr. Sturm was a federal soldier and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He was also a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows fraternities. Almost ever since the war he has resided in Greenville, engaged in the marble business and identified with the interests of Greenville. In his quiet and gentlemanly deportment he gained the esteem of all. He leaves a wife, but no children.
Daily Journal and Journal and Tribune (20 June 1890) – transcribed by Marla Zwakman

JANE SWAN
DIED, In Davidson county, Ten. Miss Jane Swan.
National Banner and Nashville Whig (11 Sept. 1834) – transcribed by Marla Zwakman

Mr. TWIST
Died - In this city on the 12th inst., Mr. Twist.
The Weekly Nashville Union, (Nashville, TN) Wednesday, November 18, 1846; Issue 24; col G – transcribed by Amanda Jowers

Harrison Macon Walden
WALDEN - Tuesday evening at 7:50 o'clock, November 5, 1934. Harrison Macon Walden, age 46 years. Survived by his wife, Gertrude Clements Walden: children, Harris Walden, Robert Walden, Warren Walden and Miss Sopha Marie Walden; brother G. Walden; sisters Mrs. Azilia Austin, Mrs. Johnny Mal Hargett of Westell, Tenn. Remains are at the funeral home of Roesch - Johnson - Charlton 1320 Broadway. Funeral services will be conducted at the Rains Avenue Church of Christ tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon at 2 o'clock by Elders Rollie Polk and Floyd McCullough. The following will serve as pallbearers; W.B. Temple, Ed Patton, Ernest Cundatt, O.E. Purdon, W.B. Terry and George B. Howell. Interment at Woodlawn cemetery.
[Unknown Newspaper, November, 1934 - submitted by Peggy McElfish]

Dr. John O. Walters
Nashville, Tenn., March 5.—At 6:30 o'clock last evening Dr. John 0. Walters, who the day before had been appointed a resident physician at the St. Vincent Hospital, came to his death by breathing the fumes from an exploded gasoline lamp. At the time he was dressing himself preparatory to attending a prayer meeting in company with a young lady. He was the son of the Hon. W. L. Waters, of Wilson County and was one of the graduating class who received their diplomas one week ago at the medical college in this city.
Inter Ocean, (Chicago, IL) Friday, March 06, 1874; pg. 5; Issue 299; col B - transcribed by, Janice Rice

James F. Weeds
Surgeon James F. Weeds, of the United States Army, stationed at Nashville, Tennessee, for several years, died October 1st.
The Medical and Surgical Reporter, Philadelphia, Oct 16, 1875 - transcribed by, Linda Rodriguez

Hugh Lawson White
Died - In Nashville, on Tuesday, 17th ultimo, HUGH LAWSON WHITE, son of Gov. James C. Jones.
The Jonesborough Whig, and Independent Journal, (Jonesborough, TN) Wednesday, November 01, 1843; Issue 25; col E - transcribed by, Amanda Jowers

James Rex Wilkins
Services for James Rex Wilkins were held at Lincoya Hills Baptist Church in Donelson with burial in Hermitage Memorial Gardens, Hermitage. Mr. Wilkins was 79, died Wednesday, January 31 2001 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center of Complications following surgery. He was formerly of Lexington. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Ann Long Wilkins; a daughter Kathy Trisler, two sons, Jim and Mike; a brother Homer of Jackson; three sisters, Mrs. Gussie McCollum of E. Peoria IL, Mrs. Orene Hemby and Mrs. Tena McCollum, both of Lexington, eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
The Lexington Progress, February 7, 2001 - transcribed by, Christine Walters

John Williams
At Camp LaBacca, on Thursday, Sept. 6^th, Mr. John Williams, of Nashville, Tenn. Died. The Nashville papers will please notice the above.
Houston Telegraph (published as Telegraph and Texas Register); October 10, 1836

Ann Amanda Willis
Died - In this city, on Sunday morning, the 31st of May, after a long and painful illness, ANN AMANDA, daughter of Mrs. C. H. Willis.
The Weekly Nashville Union, (Nashville, TN) Wednesday, June 10, 1846; Issue 1; col G – transcribed by Amanda Jowers